Announced this Tuesday, on November 25, Republic Airways and Mesa Airlines completed a merger that saw Republic become the United States’ and the world's largest operator of Embraer E-Jet aircraft. The fleet total now comes to 310 regional jets that will service roughly 1,300 daily departures.

Republic is continuing to support American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and United Airlines while integrating the Mesa operations under United in a new 10-year contract. The capacity purchase agreement integrates the two operations, which will gradually transition to a single organization.

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Republic and Mesa will maintain parallel operations while the combined company works to consolidate the two airlines to operate as a single carrier. More than 8,000 aviation profe

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